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Arts & Humanities > Asia, Africa & Mideast History The history of apartheid in South Africa: 3 of 4

The History of Apartheid in South Africa Contrary to what others aver, Apartheid (although the name itself was not coined until 1948) was actually started by the fortune-seekers who descended on the Big Hole in Kimberley in their search for diamonds. Although there were many nationalities represented there, you could say that the British were the ones who really started this interesting, and much discussed, system. Before the discovery of diamonds in what is now Kimberley, most European races had little or no interest in South Africa at all, other than the fact that The Cape offered a prim...
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